This little watercolor my sisters brought back for me from Germany ages ago and I finally got it framed.
My addiction happens to be framing. I adore getting pictures framed and I think it’s because I love color so much. I stand there with a myriad of mat board choices in front of me. Picking the right one makes even a ho-hum picture look glorious and the wrong colors can make a beautiful picture look drab.
Unfortunately my addiction started while we were still poverty stricken, to be exact, Eric had no job. I found, at an antique store for an absolute steal, an original etching that had monumental potential it just needed a fairy godmother to transform it. I was the one for the job.
I brought the picture back from the frame shop. “Doesn’t it look amazing?” I enthusiastically asked Eric. “How much did that cost?” “Doesn’t it look amazing?” I asked again hoping to avoid the question. It was for us at that time an expensive venture. But to this day I am thankful I got it done. It hangs in a prominent spot right over my fireplace and I love it every time I look at the picture.
The house is where Martin Luther was born.
That looks like Rottenburg?
Was Martin Luther born there?
Yes! Rottenburg is the walled city, right Aunt Tammy? The one with Schnee Balls??
Your framing jobs are an art form in and of themselves, Meghan. I have to replace the mat on the red flower painting I have in Freyja’s room, any suggestions?
Rothenburg ob de Tauber land of schneeballen!!: http://www.kitchenproject.com/german/recipes/schneeballen.htm
Also I think this was the town that Disney’s Pinocchio was modeled after, very quaint.
Yes, yes, yes, Caitlin. Don’t frame it without me. I’ve been wanting to help with that one.
Luthers Geburthaus (Luther’s Birth House) in Eisleben, is the house in which Martin Luther was born. It has long been preserved as a museum to the reformer.
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/eisleben-luthers-geburtshaus-birth-house.htm
Rothenburg ob der Tauber was one of my most favorite Stadts in Germany.
The framing is beautiful!
Ok, ok, I guess I don’t know what I’m talking about. Apparently I have some unknown building hanging on my wall.
I’m pretty sure it’s the Wartburg in Eisenach. Here’s what Wiki has to say:
From May 1521 until March 1522, Martin Luther stayed at the castle, after he had been taken there for his safety at the request of Frederick the Wise following his excommunication by Pope Leo X and his refusal to recant at the Diet of Worms. It was during this period that Luther, under the name of Junker Jörg (the Knight George), translated the New Testament into German, the first translation into a modern language in over a millennium.